While last year's game was marked by political statements (witness this crazy spot by It's a 10 Haircare, among others), at least a few Super Bowl marketers will be using this Super Bowl to tout less controversial philanthropic efforts, E.J. Schultz reports. Hyundai is using an expensive 60-second ad spot in Sunday's game to plug an organization dedicated to fighting childhood cancer. The automaker and its agency, Innocean, will assemble the commercial with a combination of content captured on game day and pre-shot footage. The spot will air in the fourth quarter.

And Anheuser-Busch is dedicating two of its in-game spots to "pro-social" efforts: a Stella Artois spot starring Matt Damon to promote Water.org and a Budweiser ad touting the brewer's Red Cross-affiliated program donating canned water to areas hit by natural disasters.

Yeah baby! Well, not the baby

E-Trade is returning to the Super Bowl after a five-year hiatus, but it isn't bringing its wise-cracking, day-trading infant with it, Adrianne Pasquarelli reports. The New York-based financial firm will air a 30-second spot continuing the messaging and marketing platform it rolled out earlier this year with its new agency MullenLowe, -- "Don't Get Mad, Get E-Trade."

From the Archive: "E-Trade's finance-talking infant was originally created by WPP's Grey New York as a one-time demonstration that the online brokerage is so easy, even a baby can do it." That was 2008, when E-Trade ran two spots introducing the talking baby.

The baby went on to star in five more Super Bowl commercials for the company. In 2009, he got a sidekick who kept derailing his pitch.

Diet and a makeover

Diet Coke is revealing its new look during the Super Bowl, E.J. Schultz reports. In its first Super Bowl ad since 1997, Coca-Cola is looking to "inject the struggling soda with a youthful, blunt-talking vibe and move move away from the glossy, feminine approach it has used for years," Schultz writes. This comes as Diet Coke overhauls its packaging with new slim-shaped cans and the introduction of new flavors like twisted mango and ginger lime.

In the process, Diet Coke will move away from partnering with big-name pop stars like Taylor Swift, opting for some lower-profile celebrities. These include actress Gillian Jacobs, who has appeared in NBC's "Community" and Netflix's "Love," and Karan Soni, an Indian-American actor known for playing a supporting role in "Deadpool."

Coca-Cola Co. is also planning a second ad that plugs the broader Coke trademark.

Guardians of, uh, Big Beer: Michelob Ultra has tapped Chris Pratt to star in its two Super Bowl ads. It's a new tone for Michelob, Shultz reports, which last year featured montages of intense workouts. Watch the first Super Bowl spot here.

Tasty? M&M'S dropped its Super Bowl spot on Monday. In it, the red M&M is tired of people trying to eat him and wishes he was human. He is then turned into Danny DeVito. As Jessica Wohl's 10-year-old daughter aptly put it: "I don't get it. They want people to eat them and this is telling people not to eat M&M's." Watch it here.

All the spots right now: And you can watch all the ads that have been released so far here. It will be updated as more commercials become available.

No pre-release here: Kraft will tie together real families' Super Bowl Sunday moments, harvested from social media, for its 30-second spot airing in the third quarter, Wohl reports. A teaser video released on Monday details Kraft's plans.

Bezos in the Super Bowl spotlight: Amazon is asking the question what if Alexa lost her voice in its Super Bowl commercial. The teaser, released on Friday, includes a special appearance by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Twitter's turf grab

Twitter is trying to take better advantage of all the conversation on its platform about Super Bowl ads, introducing its own competition to name the best. Twitter says it will give out awards to the brand with highest percentage of all brand-related Tweets; the brand that drove the highest velocity of tweets-per-minute; the brand with the most retweets on a single tweet and the brand without a national TV spot that drove the highest percentage of brand conversation. Winners will receive a suite of ad products and custom research opportunities.

New: Ad Age Super Bowl Ad Rank With Morning Consult

This year for the first time, Ad Age will rank every Super Bowl ad from best to worst based on scores provided by our audience of marketing professionals and captured by Morning Consult. Ads will be rated and ranked on entertainment value, effectivess for the brands and overall. The link to the survey will show up here late this week.

USA Today Ad Meter Championship

And over at USA Today's Ad Meter Bracket, it's down to two Budweiser ads vying to be the greatest Super Bowl ad of all-time. Interestingly, both ads feature Clydesdales as Budweiser shelves the horses this year.

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Jeanine Poggi

Jeanine Poggi covers the TV industry and how broadcast and cable networks and distributors are adopting to the changes in the world of TV advertising. She joined Ad Age in 2012, following six years covering the retail and media industries and other financial sectors for Women's Wear Daily, Forbes and TheStreet.